Outdoor portrait (standing) of a Native American (Ute) man, woman, and girl by a tepee, probably near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. Ka-Ratch (Karatch) wears a vest with a badge, and a knife holster. He holds a pipe and a beaded, fringed tobacco bag. The woman wears a dress and shawl; the girl is wrapped in a blanket and holds a bridle. The tepee entrance is covered with a blanket; a buffalo rug hangs over a tripod.

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Notes

Erroneous title: "Chief Ignacio, wife and daughter" inked on back of print. Additional information supplied by user; title supplied by cataloger. Identification based on drawing of KaRatch in "The Southern Ute Indians of Early Colorado by Verner Z. Reed" page 18, originally published in 1893. No additional information about Ka-Ratch is in the text. Written on back of print: "Indians- Utes Biog. groups Ignacio/family" "Ute".; Written on cellulose nitrate negative: "70." Condition: emulsion chipping on nitrate negative, red ink stains on print. Photographer's seal embossed on print. ; R7001707176

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